How We Differ from Traditional Sports Physical Therapy & Chiropractic

TRIFACTIVE® is not a traditional chiropractic or sports physical therapy (PT) clinic. At TRIFACTIVE®, we believe in reaching higher and digging deeper to find the best answers to our clients’ problems. That’s why Dr. Jason Jared, DC, our founder, developed a unique and complete treatment method, which brings together the benefits of joint manipulation to stimulate proprioception, muscle therapy to improve range-of-motion, and select therapeutic exercises to improve coordination, stamina, and core strength. This integrated system properly addresses the three major components of a chronic injury (see below).

Root Causes & Faster, Longer Lasting Results

Most injuries develop over a period of many years. With each activity or training season that passes without proper cool-down and stretching, with every tweak and strain, our bodies begin to incorporate into normal movement new compensation patterns to avoid pain. These abnormal patterns accumulate over time, leading to poor movement mechanics and increased stress on joints, muscles, and other soft tissues—known as Joint Movement Dysfunction (JMD)—which is the root cause of the injury. In order to effectivelyresolve these injuries, Joint Movement Dysfunction (JMD) must be corrected and this requires a very thoughtful and complex approach. JMD is comprised of three primary components: 1) tight, overly strong muscles, 2) long,overly weak muscles, and 3) poor movement coordination due to decreased proprioception.Our proprietary TRIFACTIVE Method™combines the threemost effective therapies to address each of these components of JMD, and we apply them in every client visit to provide routinely faster and longer lasting results.

Why All Three Therapies Every Visit?

If we look at the typical treatment options currently available for sports injury care (chiropractic, physical therapy, and massage therapy), we find that each has some benefits along with a number of limitations. Each therapeutic approach alone is only one-third of the solution necessary to resolve the injury long-term. At TRIFACTIVE®our focus is getting clientsback to doing what they love pain free and as quickly as possible. Because our approach is so effective, we are able to complete treatment in a much shorter timeframe than our competitors, such as physical therapy or chiropractic clinics by simultaneously addressing all three components of JMD.

Difference from Physical Therapy Clinics in Both Philosophy and Approach

Solely engaging in physical therapy is typically a slower and less permanent route to recovery. Because traditional PT primarily addresses your condition from the standpoint of strengthening weak muscles, the necessary movement coordination that comes from improving proprioception (your subconscious awareness of body position), as well as increasing range-of-motion in restricted joints is commonly missed. We don't leave this to chance by putting the burden on you to figure out how to coordinate and compliment your physical therapy with treatments by other providers. Instead, we ensure your success by integrating all necessary therapies into each TRIFACTIVE® treatment session for you—speeding your progress by enhancing your body awareness, improving your range-of-motion, and strengthening your core stability system. Learn more

Difference from Chiropractic Clinics

TRIFACTIVE® is not an alternative medicine provider that tries to convince clients of poorly defined and unproven concepts. In fact, we utilize fact-based procedures and strategies that are widely accepted by the medical and sports communities in order to achieve faster and longer lasting results for our clients. The TRIFACTIVE Method™ was developed over many years while working with athletes and recreationally active people, and the final product was forged by the constant searching for a better way, as well as perseverance by our practitioners to discover the most efficient combination of therapies in order to produce excellent results on a consistent basis. At TRIFACTIVE®, our goal is to provide clients with a real solution to their problem—one that they can maintain long-term by utilizing our preventative strategies. We do not want to continue seeing the same clients for the same problems over long periods of time like most chiropractic clinics. This, in our minds, would mean failure and sub-standard results. As highly skilled Doctors of Chiropractic, our clinicians are licensed and trained to perform our unique selection of therapies. However, the vast majority of traditional chiropractors in other practices default to the archaic tradition ofclaiming that the solution to every condition to be chiropractic manipulation.

We alsodo not accept the ill-defined concept of subluxation—the traditional chiropractic root cause of all pain and disease. Subluxation has become such a fractured, unwieldy, catch-all concept as to be essentially useless as a practical underpinning for improving treatment of sports injuries and pain.Learn more

Difference from Massage Therapy Centers

At TRIFACTIVE® we believe in the benefits of massage therapy to help lengthen tight, restricted muscles and connective tissue, but this therapy alone is incomplete and incapable of producing the faster, longer lasting results we make it our goal to provide our clients. Alone, massage therapy can help a client feel better momentarily because muscle tension is released, but the other components of the problem’s root cause are not improved. Without correcting the underlying joint movement dysfunction, range-of-motion cannot be improved with strength and stability, and over time the original condition will return. At TRIFACTIVE®, we include expert deep tissue massage therapy in every treatment plan to ensure that we are addressing all of the compensating muscles that contribute to pain and injury. We differ from massage therapyin that TRIFACTIVE® also provides clients with the proprietary TRIFACTIVE Method™, which combines three integrated therapies for solving joint movement dysfunction (JMD) in every treatment session. Learn more

At TRIFACTIVE® we focus on getting people back to doing what they love pain free as quickly and completely as possible. We regularly have shorter treatment plans than other clinics, such as Physical Therapy Only clinics, because we simultaneously address all three areas that are involved in causing pain and discomfort, which is necessary to achieve optimal results.

TRIFACTIVE® Sports Injury + Performance Clinic provides the most root cause focused, fastest, and complete solution for treating your sports injuries and pain, focusing on shorter treatment plans and a premium customer experience. We serve enthusiasts of an active lifestyle who seek the most effective sports physical therapy Chicago has to offer, the area's best deep tissue massage, and athletic performance acceleration. Through our unique, results-centered approach you are empowered to take control of your health and do what it takes to excel. Come experience the difference yourself—and "do what you love pain free.™"